Edgewood University

Private · Moderately Selective · WI

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationWI · Midwest

SettingUrban

Undergrads1,107

Student:faculty15:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate44.5%

6-yr grad rate60.2%

Drop-out rate26.8%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$36k

Out-of-state tuition$36k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity22.8%

Gender diversity65%

International1.3%

IdentityRoman Catholic

Overview

Edgewood is a Dominican Catholic university in Madison, Wisconsin, on wooded grounds along Lake Wingra, a short distance from the state capitol. It offers a personal-scale, small-college alternative in a city whose higher-education identity is otherwise dominated by the large public flagship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Academics

Nursing and education are the strongest programs, and small class sizes are a consistent point of contrast with the much larger classes typical at Wisconsin's public options. The curriculum carries the Dominican order's intellectual tradition, though the student body is religiously mixed.

Campus & student life

The Lake Wingra setting gives the campus a wooded, quiet feel while still being within Madison, so students can reach the city's restaurants, music, and public-university-driven energy without attending a school of that scale. It functions as a smaller, calmer counterpoint to UW-Madison for students who want a Madison address without a large-university experience.

Worth knowing

Choosing Edgewood over UW-Madison is often a direct, deliberate tradeoff — students want the city and its resources but a small-college scale and Catholic character instead of a huge public flagship.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate75.7%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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